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Most training teams at high tech companies start out fairly small doing everything in-house themselves. In start-up mode, training managers are required to wear multiple hats, responsible for not only curriculum development, technical writing, and conducting training but also for identifying and scheduling training locations, ordering catering, and printing & shipping training materials. They have to handle all of the other day-to-day operations necessary in establishing, running and growing a world class Education Services business.

Marketers are skeptical about sharing too much information with their service providers. We get it. We know you have budget guidelines and other proprietary information about your business that should be held close to the vest.

USPS rates are going up. Again. First-class rates will go up on January 26, 2014. Key pricing, according to the USPS web site, will be as follows:

As a marketer, you’re probably being wooed by commercial print reps every week. They all promise to put customers first. They all profess to have state-of-the-art equipment. They all vow to have competitive pricing.

Can they ALL be the best, the fastest, the most reliable printer who just happens to specialize in your particular industry? Short answer? No way! It’s a tough world for printers in 2013, and with over 30,000 in this country alone, you can imagine how competitive it is. Be suspicious of printers who promise you Everything.

Event marketers wear many hats. Their job runs the gamut from overall event marketing strategy, creative and design, managing content and speakers, promotion to drive attendance, event logistics and general herding of cats! In addition, in recent years they’ve also had to become experts on new technologies and apps to manage their events, and the ins and outs of social media for event promotion.